Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0898

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour;

Scope and Content

Photograph of the "Cortes Queen" in the ferry dock at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island.

Subject Access

Ferries

Transportation

Water transport

Geographic Access

Quadra Island

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Part Of

CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

O'Connor, Oonagh

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.006

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

1995

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

This is the continuation (Part 3) of an interview of Etta and Clarence Byers by Oonagh O'Connor. Clarence talks about his family history; moving to Cortes Island, logging on Cortes in the Von Donop/Blue Jay Lake/Carrington Bay area; road-building; and the arrival of Japanese oysters to Cortes beaches in ca. 1938. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.

Subject Access

Logging

Geographic Access

Carrington Bay

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